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West Coast EMT Block 3 Study Guide
Exam Questions with Complete
Solutions
what is the function of the liver - ✔✔Removing waste created by digestion
produce bile
where is the liver located - ✔✔right upper quadrant
what is the function of the pancreas - ✔✔Secretes inslin and glucagon
hormones and makes pancreatic juices
where is the pancreas located - ✔✔posterior to the stomach
what is the function of the spleen - ✔✔filter blood and help fight infections
where is the spleen located - ✔✔LUQ
what is the function of the gallbladder - ✔✔stores and concentrates bile
Where is the gallbladder located? - ✔✔under the liver, RUQ
what are the three motor vehicle collisions - ✔✔1. car against another car
2. passenger against interior of car
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3. passenger's organs against solid structures of body
what are arteries - ✔✔Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
what are arterioles - ✔✔Arterioles are the smallest arteries
what are capillaries - ✔✔Capillaries are the exchange vessels. They are
microscopic and have only one wall—tunica intima—allowing substances to
pass through quickly.
what are venules - ✔✔smallest veins
bones of the face - ✔✔mandible
maxillae
nasal bone
palatine bone and nasal conchae
vomer
zygomatic bone
lacrimal bone
hyoid bone
Where is CSF produced? - ✔✔choroid plexus
what is the function of CSF? - ✔✔protects and nourishes the brain and
spinal cord
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what is the phrenic nerve? - ✔✔major motor and sensory nerve of the
diaphragm
C3-C5
what is flail chest - ✔✔A fracture of two or more sites on two or more
adjacent ribs, or when rib fractures produce a free-floating sternum.
Flail segments may not be clinically evident in the first several hours after
injury b/c of muscle spasms that cause splinting. After positive pressure
initiated, paradoxical chest wall movement ceases.
What is cardiac tamponade? - ✔✔compression of the heart by an
accumulation of fluid in the pericardial sac
S/S of a Cardiac tamponade - ✔✔- Chest pain
- Dsypnea
- Beck's Triad (Decreased BP, Muffled heart sounds, JVD)
- Kussmaul sign
what is a sprain? - ✔✔stretching or tearing of ligaments
what is a strain? - ✔✔stretching or tearing of muscle or tendon
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what is a dislocation? - ✔✔total loss of congruity -- between the articular
surfaces of the joint
What is Biot's respiration? - ✔✔Biot's respirations are rapid, deep breathing
with abrupt pauses between each breath and an equal depth to each
breath.
What is epistaxis and what causes it? - ✔✔loss of blood through the nose
(nosebleed); usually caused by injury either external or internal - such as
blow to nose, nose picking or foreign body insertion
6 "P's" of musculoskeletal injury - ✔✔pain
paralysis
paresthesias - burning or pricking
pulselessness
pallor
pressure
what is the limbic system? - ✔✔a complex system of nerves and networks
in the brain, involving several areas near the edge of the cortex concerned
with instinct and mood. It controls the basic emotions (fear, pleasure,
anger) and drives (hunger, sex, dominance, care of offspring).
hematuria - ✔✔presence of blood in the urine
West Coast EMT Block 3 Study Guide
Exam Questions with Complete
Solutions
what is the function of the liver - ✔✔Removing waste created by digestion
produce bile
where is the liver located - ✔✔right upper quadrant
what is the function of the pancreas - ✔✔Secretes inslin and glucagon
hormones and makes pancreatic juices
where is the pancreas located - ✔✔posterior to the stomach
what is the function of the spleen - ✔✔filter blood and help fight infections
where is the spleen located - ✔✔LUQ
what is the function of the gallbladder - ✔✔stores and concentrates bile
Where is the gallbladder located? - ✔✔under the liver, RUQ
what are the three motor vehicle collisions - ✔✔1. car against another car
2. passenger against interior of car
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3. passenger's organs against solid structures of body
what are arteries - ✔✔Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
what are arterioles - ✔✔Arterioles are the smallest arteries
what are capillaries - ✔✔Capillaries are the exchange vessels. They are
microscopic and have only one wall—tunica intima—allowing substances to
pass through quickly.
what are venules - ✔✔smallest veins
bones of the face - ✔✔mandible
maxillae
nasal bone
palatine bone and nasal conchae
vomer
zygomatic bone
lacrimal bone
hyoid bone
Where is CSF produced? - ✔✔choroid plexus
what is the function of CSF? - ✔✔protects and nourishes the brain and
spinal cord
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what is the phrenic nerve? - ✔✔major motor and sensory nerve of the
diaphragm
C3-C5
what is flail chest - ✔✔A fracture of two or more sites on two or more
adjacent ribs, or when rib fractures produce a free-floating sternum.
Flail segments may not be clinically evident in the first several hours after
injury b/c of muscle spasms that cause splinting. After positive pressure
initiated, paradoxical chest wall movement ceases.
What is cardiac tamponade? - ✔✔compression of the heart by an
accumulation of fluid in the pericardial sac
S/S of a Cardiac tamponade - ✔✔- Chest pain
- Dsypnea
- Beck's Triad (Decreased BP, Muffled heart sounds, JVD)
- Kussmaul sign
what is a sprain? - ✔✔stretching or tearing of ligaments
what is a strain? - ✔✔stretching or tearing of muscle or tendon
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what is a dislocation? - ✔✔total loss of congruity -- between the articular
surfaces of the joint
What is Biot's respiration? - ✔✔Biot's respirations are rapid, deep breathing
with abrupt pauses between each breath and an equal depth to each
breath.
What is epistaxis and what causes it? - ✔✔loss of blood through the nose
(nosebleed); usually caused by injury either external or internal - such as
blow to nose, nose picking or foreign body insertion
6 "P's" of musculoskeletal injury - ✔✔pain
paralysis
paresthesias - burning or pricking
pulselessness
pallor
pressure
what is the limbic system? - ✔✔a complex system of nerves and networks
in the brain, involving several areas near the edge of the cortex concerned
with instinct and mood. It controls the basic emotions (fear, pleasure,
anger) and drives (hunger, sex, dominance, care of offspring).
hematuria - ✔✔presence of blood in the urine
